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  If you are fader, how do you handle assignments etc.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  Quarterback

  I really appreciate the sisters who just get to give a 5 minute part on the TMS staring at another sister at the end of a table. They are so capable, and skilled in speaking. They have that concerning touch. Some are very brilliant.

  However, they have accepted their place in this ORG.

  Yes, I am aware of the ones that have cancelled themselves on the TMS program, and I do respect them for doing this, When I stopped serving as an Elder I too quit the TMS, but, after seeing the sisters faithfully accepting and doing their assignmnents, has made me want to join the school again.

  It's better than just sitting there and doing nothing.
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  I like the Christmas lights, but not the Commercial part of Christmas

  by Quarterback in

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  it's that time of year, again.

  neighbours competing with each other for the best display of christmas decorations.

  some are tackyy t, and some are very tastefull.

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  Quarterback

  Thanks for your comments, and have a happy holiday, friends.
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  News Follow-up on 2002 Beheading and Kidnap of Jehovah's Witnesses.

  by Balaamsass in

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  witnesses fail to identify abu sayyaf suspectsphilippine daily inquirer.

  4:41 am | tuesday, december 4th, 2012 <span class="postauthor">posted by <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/author/besguerra" title="posts by besguerra" rel="author">besguerra</a></span>0665start share this /metas suspected abu sayyaf terrorists wrongly arrested for the 2002 abduction of several jehovahs witnesses in patikul, sulu, may be released before the end of the month.. twenty-one accused claiming innocence were presented at a hearing on the reinvestigation of the kidnap-for-ransom case conducted by the department of justice on monday, but eight of them were pointed to by two witnessesone of them a former hostageas being members of the terror group.. it was the third reinvestigation of the aug. 20, 2002, abduction of four women and two men who were members of the religious group in patikul.. the two men were beheaded by the abu sayyaf while the women were rescued by police and the military.. at the start of the hearing, senior assistant state prosecutor peter ong said it was the prosecutors themselves who pushed for the reinvestigation.. we noticed, for instance, two persons being arrested under one name and we noticed an injustice there, said ong, adding that the pasig rtc ordered them to conduct the reinvestigation in 60 days.. all 21 abu sayyaf members who were handcuffed were made to line up for identification in batches to face two of the three witnesses who were brought in, their faces concealed.. of the 21, the eight who were pointed to by two witnesses denied the accusation.. one of the eight, julhassan a. jaani ybanez, was identified by the female witness as the one who beheaded her husband.. but ybanez denied this, saying he was an imam (muslim leader) and an assistant of col. akho san juan, the military chaplain of the western mindanao command.

  he said he was arrested in 2006. christine o. avendano.

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  Quarterback

  I still would rather be a JW than a Muslim. The Muslims will kill you if you try to leave your faith. A christian can become a muslim, but a muslim may not become a christian. To so would be a death sentence.

  I have had friends die for not having a blood transfusion, and I know of some that had it forced on them and later it became known that they had AIDS. That is not to say that if you have a blood transfusion you will get AIDs.

  The lesson to be learned here is, stay the hell out of the Muslim countries.
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  I like the Christmas lights, but not the Commercial part of Christmas

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's that time of year, again.

  neighbours competing with each other for the best display of christmas decorations.

  some are tackyy t, and some are very tastefull.

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  Quarterback

  It's that time of year, again. Neighbours competing with each other for the best display of Christmas decorations. Some are tackyy t, and some are very tastefull. I do enjoy walking in the evening and seeing such colour during a dark time of year. There is something to be said about the mood that this enhances. I do like this aspect of the holidays.

  I hate the rush to shop and pressure that Xmas puts on people to spend money, though.

  What are your thoughts? Have a drink of eggnog and rum, and post your comments.
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  Is there any specific scripture(s) in the bible that say you will not survive armageddon if you are an inactive publisher?

  by solomon in

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  just wondering?.

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  Quarterback

  Think about it. All of those poor people that have gotten illness, such as dementia. Now they are hospitalised and can't publish. Will they die at armaggedon?

  I believe that the spreading the message of the Kingdom is important, but, the ORG goes overkill over it. For instance, on Saturday mornings, over 80 % are recorded as not at home. However, because the ORG says that the door to door ministry is a mainstay of our worship, they demand that we persist in wasting our time in that form of witnessing. I remember one CO comment about the telephone witnessing. The the telephone work was being instrumental in locating people, still he told us to not neglect the knocking at the doors. So what is behind this?

  The ORG wants to give the image that we are active and busy. It's all about the PR. Sadly they will guilt you into achieving this image. They had it right awhile back they published who would die at Armaggedon, I quote, "Only those encourageably wicked will die at Armaggedon" If you know what that means, you will have the answer to your question.
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  Dec.21st and the countdown to the Mayan Apocalypse

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  december 21 marks the winter solstice and the end of a cycle called the 13th b'ak'tun.. 1.will we see a few who want to join the celestial parade ala those who wanted to hop on a comet a few years ago.. 2.should koolaid and vodka be banned dec. 20th.. 3.will the wt.

  come out with an article making fun of those who 'falsely predict the end of the world' .

  i'll take bets on #3.

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  Quarterback

  Well there is a new twist to the end of the Mayan Calendar.

  Recently the Pope has the discovered that Christ's birth date is wrong.

  His next revelation will be the commencement of the Mayan Calendar. That will give us some more years.

  Better stock up on some more Vodka, we're gonna need it.
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  WT Elders school: Look how cute that kindly old elder is! Too bad the Talmud says we have to stone our victim anyway

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  more haphazard thougths on the recently concluded elder school..... a big chunk of time was spent on a video which traced a judicial case, all the way from the confession to the elders through the decision to disfellowship the guy.. here is a very brief synopsis of the video:.

  tearful late-teen or early-20's publisher confesses to 2 elders that he committed fornication with a "worldly girl" who is now preganant and wants to marry him.

  the elders give him some "homework" to do prior to his judcial committee - read psalm 51 and an old wt article.

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  "Mr Phelps, here is your mission should you choose to accept it.

  You must penetrate the JW Headquarters, and retrieve a copy of a DVD that shows a Committee of Elders in a judgement role.

  This message will self destruct in 30 seconds"
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  walking and hiking.

  by zeb in

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  2. physical

  i walk a lot for health and i have never met a negative walker..

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  Quarterback

  I used to walk two miles a day, but have stopped it due to a change in work location. I did notice my needs for Diabetes med's go up in recent years.

  I picked up the walking regiment recently, and noticed a difference. I agree, walking is great.
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  Did God invent the sword?

  by Badfish in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in genesis 3, when adam and eve are kicked out of the garden, it says there is a flaming sword guarding the way to the tree of life.. this was before adam and eve had any children yet.. but metalworking and forging are not mentioned until tubal-cain -- adam's great great great great great grandson -- comes along.

  not sure if it means he invented the forging of tools or if he was just a blacksmith, though.. but back to the main point.

  if there was this sword guarding the way to the tree of life, does that mean god invented swords?.

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  Quarterback

  Thanks, S

  David also drove an automobile because it says, "He roared his Triumph"
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  Did God invent the sword?

  by Badfish in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in genesis 3, when adam and eve are kicked out of the garden, it says there is a flaming sword guarding the way to the tree of life.. this was before adam and eve had any children yet.. but metalworking and forging are not mentioned until tubal-cain -- adam's great great great great great grandson -- comes along.

  not sure if it means he invented the forging of tools or if he was just a blacksmith, though.. but back to the main point.

  if there was this sword guarding the way to the tree of life, does that mean god invented swords?.

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  Quarterback

  I'm not too sure about the sword, but He did invent Baseball.

  Doesn't the Genesis acct say, "In the Big Inning......"